UT report: Band director had pattern of insubordination

Pride of the Southland Marching Band director Dr. Gary Sousa directs the band during the "Star Spangled Banner" before the matchup between Tennessee and Georgia State at Neyland Stadium Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. Tennessee 51-13 over Georgia State. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

Knoxville News Sentinel

Gary Sousa

In the two years before Gary Sousa was suspended as University of Tennessee band director, he largely stopped talking to anyone in the athletics department, maintained a computer file called "Athletics Battle 2013," and appeared threatened by the idea of reporting to the director of the School of Music, according to documents released Thursday by the University of Tennessee.